What is one aspect of a country that may be more important to its world standing than its size? its natural resources its government its leaders its location

natural resources,

even if your a small country, if you have oil you have high political power

true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.